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Roderick Thorp

1936 - 1999

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Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Thorp is also better known for its sequel, the bestselling novel, Nothing Lasts Forever, which later served as the basis for the film Die Hard, thus Thorp became a creator of the entire media franchise of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roderick Thorp is the 6,096th most popular writer (down from 5,370th in 2019), the 10,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,892nd in 2019) and the 771st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Roderick Thorp ranks 6,096 out of 7,302. Before him are Fredy Perlman, Frances Power Cobbe, Dora Marsden, Gerhard Roth, Stella Gibbons, and Ben Okri. After him are Emilia Lanier, Mina Loy, Robinson Jeffers, Su Tong, Terence Rattigan, and Ralf König.

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Among people born in 1936, Roderick Thorp ranks 518. Before him are László Fábián, Lize Marke, Ivo Stefanoni, Çolpan İlhan, Mary Millar, and Ignacio Achúcarro. After him are Peter Cook, Charles Dierkop, M. Scott Peck, James Stacy, Elizabeth Dole, and Gary Hart. Among people deceased in 1999, Roderick Thorp ranks 284. Before him are Vladimir Yashchenko, Anthony Newley, Davor Dujmović, Ntsu Mokhehle, Man Mohan Adhikari, and Thelma Kalama. After him are Akhtar Hameed Khan, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Rick Rude, Rolf Landauer, João Carlos de Oliveira, and Hoyt Axton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roderick Thorp ranks 10,568 out of 20,380. Before him are Thelma Kalama (1931), Kaitlin Olson (1975), Pearl Bailey (1918), Butch Otter (1942), Susan Dey (1952), and Patricia Belcher (1954). After him are Amy Klobuchar (1960), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Dave DeBusschere (1940), Eddie Hazel (1950), Charles Thias (1879), and Brian Littrell (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Roderick Thorp ranks 771. Before him are Eldridge Cleaver (1935), David Simon (1960), Wallace Stegner (1909), Karin Slaughter (1971), James Dickey (1923), and Henry Ward Beecher (1813). After him are Robinson Jeffers (1887), Kevin Kelly (1952), Ernest Lehman (1915), Michael Lewis (1960), Kathryn Stockett (1969), and Deborah Harkness (1965).

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